Summary
TheAssassin’s Creedseries as a whole has been divisive for some time now, but that hasn’t stopped Ubisoft from doing its best to shell out a fresh experience as regularly as it is able to. It wasn’t always this way, as almost every installment in the series was anticipated up until the release of the controversialAssassin’s Creed Unity. A year later,Assassin’s Creed Syndicatewas released to an army of fans who had already been losing interest in the series. However, fast-forward to today, andAssassin’s Creed Syndicatemight be worth playing again.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicatemay be nearly a decade old now, and it may be one of the series' more divisive entries, but that hasn’t stopped Ubisoft from giving it some love. Specifically, console players might find a trip down memory lane withAssassin’s Creed Syndicateworthwhile after the game recently received a performance patch that makes its stunning recreation of19th-century Londoneven more breathtaking to behold.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s Recent Update Makes It Worth a Revisit
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Was Initially a Divisive Entry in the Series
Not only wasAssassin’s Creed Syndicatethe game that followed the notoriously divisiveAssassin’s Creed Unity, thereby requiring a decent amount of trust from incoming fans who felt burned byUnity, but it also arrived at a time whenAssassin’s Creedfatiguebegan to set in. At the time ofAssassin’s Creed Syndicate’s launch, the series had been releasing installments annually for nearly a decade, andSyndicate’s hesitancy to shake up the series' formula didn’t help with that. That being said,Assassin’s Creed Syndicatedid introduce dual protagonists for the first time in the series, but even that feature was divisive.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s dual protagonists,Jacob and Evie Frye, were a bit of a mixed bag. Jacob largely clashed with the more serious tone of the franchise’s past Assassins with his often brash and immature dialogue. Evie, on the other hand, might have been better than Jacob in that way, but her narrative was less prominent than Jacob’s. Then there’s the game’s antagonist, Crawford Starrick, who was underdeveloped in comparison to past series antagonists, like Haytham Kenway or Charles Lee.
All of that said,Assassin’s Creed Syndicatewouldn’t be properly categorized as a divisive entry if it didn’t have a few things going for it. While its dual protagonists offered a fresh approach to gameplay, its 19th-century London setting was incredibly detailed for its time, with arecreation of the Industrial Revolution erathat stacked up nicely against the time periods the series explored prior. Additionally, whereas Jacob might have stuck out like a sore thumb, Evie was charming and enjoyable to play as.
For these reasons,Assassin’s Creed Syndicatehas gained a level of appreciation over time that it didn’t have at launch, much like its predecessor,Assassin’s Creed Unity.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s 60 FPS Update Makes It Worth Another Try
Regardless of how divisiveAssassin’s Creed Syndicatehas proven to be, now might be the best time for fans of the series to return to it thanks to a recent performance patch. While the PC version has had these features for some time now, the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 5 Proversions ofAssassin’s Creed Syndicateare now playable in 60 FPS. Additionally, players can reach up to a 4K resolution on the Xbox Series X, PS5, and PS5 Pro, while the Xbox Series S is limited to 1080p. Given how captivatingAssassin’s Creed Syndicate’s world already is, this performance patch will bring out that quality even more so on modern consoles.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
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London, 1868. The Industrial Revolution unleashes an incredible age of invention, transforming the lives of millions with technologies once thought impossible. Opportunities created during this period have people rushing to London to engage in this new world, a world no longer controlled by kings, emperors, politicians, or religion, but by a new common denominator: money.As the brash, rebellious Jacob Frye, put up your dukes and take enemies on with lightning-fast multikills and countermoves. Use improved stealth tactics to elude your enemies and unleash your arsenal of weapons, including the kukri knife, brass knuckles, and sword cane. Utilize new technology like the rope launcher to scale buildings in seconds and take your enemies by surprise.From Buckingham Palace to Big Ben, fight and triumph across the massive open world of Victorian London. Parkour across moving vehicles to track down enemies or escape after a daring raid, hijack carriages to engage in a no-holds-barred street race, or blaze a trail of destruction aboard steamboats along the River Thames.With Jacob as the leader, gamers can establish Great Britain’s fiercest gang, the only force that can challenge the elite and defeat rival gangs to bring freedom to the oppressed masses. Enemy strongholds can be infiltrated by using an arsenal of weapons to dominate London’s underworld. From robbing trains to rescuing child laborers, players will stop at nothing to bring justice to London’s lawless streets.20 years after the events of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, ‘JACK THE RIPPER’ has embarked on a brutal reign of terror that shocks London to its core and threatens the very existence of the Brotherhood of Assassins
